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# Associate at Orchestra

- **Company:** Orchestra
- **Location:** New York NY Washington Dc Boston, MA
- **Posted:** 2026-09-18
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-18
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/orchestra/jobs/8816371002

## Job description

OPEN POSITION: Associate LOCATION: Boston, MA, Washington, DC, or New York City, NY

Civitas Public Affairs Group, an Orchestra company, is a values-based public affairs firm that delivers winning advocacy campaigns for our clients and the communities they serve. We enlist experts, leverage relationships, and build coalitions to address some of the most pressing political and societal challenges of our day, including climate change, protecting our democracy, reproductive health, and advancing the rights of LGBTQ people.

Our bipartisan firm brings proven experience developing innovative advocacy campaigns to win substantive policy change at the local, state, and national levels. With offices in Boston, New York City, and Washington DC, we work closely with the nation’s leading philanthropists, non-profit organizations, and movements to substantively impact progressive issues and causes.

Some of our current and former clients include the Black Futures Policy Institute, CityHealth, the Collaborative for Gender and Reproductive Equity, Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, Center for Secure and Modern Elections, Inseparable, National Council for Mental Wellbeing, the Pipeline Fund, the Trevor Project, Voices for Healthy Kids, and more.

We are seeking an Associate to join our team. This is a hybrid position that requires three days in the office per week and two days of remote work.

## ABOUT THIS ROLE

This role provides day-to-day support to our client teams, with responsibility for research, written products, and project coordination across a portfolio of advocacy campaigns, and reports to the Principal or Director leading each client team.

The Associate will help build and execute work plans, produce the memos, decks, and research that drive strategy, and serve as a reliable point of coordination across internal teams and external partners. Our work often involves building coalitions across political perspectives, and this role will engage with allies, validators, and stakeholders across a range of issues and backgrounds. This requires curiosity, sound judgment, and an understanding of how advocacy campaigns engage decisionmakers and build support for policy change.

This is an opportunity for someone early in their career to gain hands-on experience in policy and strategy while working closely with experienced political and policy professionals.

## ACCOUNTABILITIES AND QUALIFICATIONS

- Support client teams in creating and implementing work plans, written documents, presentation materials, travel, and research;
- Conduct research and help develop memos, presentations, briefing materials, and other written products
- Manage project deadlines and reporting requirements, and handle the administrative tasks that keep projects moving forward;
- Coordinate and participate in internal and external client meetings and calls, and contribute substantive thinking to the work, both in execution of the project as well as issue expertise;
- Monitor relevant news, legislation, and political developments and flag issues that may affect client work;
- Take direction from client leads, clarify assignments and expectations, and follow projects through to completion;
- Build and maintain working relationships with relevant partner organizations, coalitions, and stakeholders representing a broad range of perspectives;
- Help manage Civitas’ social media accounts, primarily reposting and curating content across relevant platforms;
- Support logistics and execution for meetings, convenings, and partner engagements;
- Perform other duties as required and/or assigned.

## ESSENTIAL SKILLS

- 2-4 years of experience in politics, electoral campaigns, public affairs, advocacy, or a related field with campaign experience strongly preferred;
- Experience supporting strategy and execution in one or more of the following areas: advocacy, legislative or regulatory affairs, government relations, policy, or political engagement;
- Excellent written/verbal communication, and analytic skills, including the ability to explain complex issues clearly and concisely;
- Impeccable attention to detail;
- Strong relationship-building skills and the ability to work with diverse groups of people, organizations, and government agencies;
- Proactive, solutions-oriented approach, with a willingness to start from “yes,” clarify expectations, anticipate needs, and identify the real question behind an assignment;
- Demonstrated ability to take ownership of small projects from start to finish, including developing workplans, coordinating contributors, communicating progress, managing deadlines, and delivering polished work product;
- Strong computer and technology skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Office and Google Workspace;
- Bachelor’s degree required.

The salary range for this position is $65,000-$85,000 per year, commensurate with experience. This is a hybrid position that will require 3 days per week in the New York City/DC/Boston office. Civitas also offers opportunities for a bonus through an annual review process and an excellent benefits package including coverage for health, vision, and dental insurance premiums; paid parental leave; time off including vacation, holidays, and wellness days; 401(k) with an employer contribution and additional benefits.

Civitas Public Affairs is committed to creating a dynamic, multicultural, and diverse work environment. Candidates of color and of diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

Civitas Public Affairs is an equal opportunity employer.

Orchestra is the first communications company built for today’s media landscape. Since 2022, it’s acquired nine firms, including: [BerlinRosen](https://www.berlinrosen.com/), [Civitas Public Affairs Group](https://www.civitaspublicaffairs.com/), [Derris](http://derris.com/), [Glen Echo Group](https://www.glenechogroup.com/), [Inkhouse](http://inkhouse.com/), [M18](http://m18pr.com/), [Message Lab](https://messagelab.com/), [Onward](https://thisisonward.com/) and [Small Girls PR](https://www.smallgirlspr.com/). It also launched [Brightmode](http://www.brightmode.com/), a talent acquisition firm for communication professionals. Learn more at: [www.orchestraco.com](http://www.orchestraco.com/).

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## About Orchestra

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Orchestra is a strategic communications and marketing company that combines C-suite advisory, integrated strategy, and multichannel execution to help brands navigate today’s fragmented, fast-moving media landscape.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held – no disclosed funding rounds; formed through mergers and acquisitions)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States
- **Founded**: 2024 (as Orchestra; constituent agencies such as BerlinRosen, Derris, Inkhouse have deeper histories)
- **Key Leaders**: Jonathan Rosen (CEO), Jesse Derris (President), Ben Worthen (Chief Product Officer)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Public Relations and Communications Services (integrated marketing, earned media, public affairs, influencer, SEO, paid media, creative)
- **Target customers**: B2B, enterprise, and high-profile organizations (C-suites, brands, nonprofits, policy stakeholders) that need coordinated, advisory-led communications
- **Mission/purpose**: “We shape what’s next” – turning uncertainty into action by uniting advisory, strategy, and execution to earn and sustain the right kind of attention.

## Products & Services
- **Strategic Advisory & C-Suite Counsel**: Working alongside senior leaders to diagnose problems, clarify what matters (customers, employees, policymakers, investors), and design integrated strategies.
- **Integrated Communications Execution**: Coordinated delivery across earned media, content marketing, SEO, influencer, paid media, creative, and public affairs under a single “One Orchestra” model.
- **Prompt Fuel 360 (Answer Engine Optimization)**: A repeatable product that optimizes brand visibility on generative AI platforms (e.g., ChatGPT) by combining earned media, technical SEO, owned content, influencer engagement, and analytics.
- **Intelligence Infrastructure & AI Automation**: Systems that capture data from hundreds of client engagements, standardize delivery playbooks, and embed AI into workflows to make the entire offering smarter over time.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Headcount ~700+ (website claim includes all collective team members; LinkedIn reports 156 employees under the parent entity, with a -68.6% YoY headcount change – likely reflecting restructuring after acquisitions)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: No outside funding disclosed; orchestrated through acquisitions of Civitas Public Affairs Group (Sep 2024) and Small Girls PR (Oct 2024). Constituent agencies include BerlinRosen, Derris, Inkhouse, Glen Echo Group, Brightmode Talent, Antenna Group.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - 35 active job postings (up 3,400% YoY, but down 30% quarterly)
  - Launch of product organization and Chief Product Officer role (Ben Worthen)
  - Prompt Fuel 360 already in use across consumer and B2B engagements
  - Active in 6 countries (USA, Serbia, Spain, UK, Canada, Colombia)
  - LinkedIn followers: 10,112 (130.8% yearly growth)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Integrated “One Orchestra” model**: Breaks down silos between earned, owned, paid, and creative – a structure that competing agencies typically cannot offer within a single P&L.
- **Product-driven approach**: Codifying repeatable playbooks and measurement frameworks (e.g., Prompt Fuel 360) that compound knowledge with every engagement, making delivery consistent and scalable.
- **AI-first infrastructure**: Process standardized before automation; each automated workflow feeds data back into intelligence systems, creating a learning loop that gets stronger over time.
- **Depth of talent**: 700+ advisors, strategists, and storytellers from a diverse set of acquired agencies, covering public affairs, consumer PR, creative, and digital.

## Strategic Focus
- **Building the Product organization**: Scaling standardized, repeatable offerings that integrate all disciplines (earned, owned, paid, creative, AI).
- **Embedding AI into client delivery**: Moving from foundation-building (AI tools & training) to embedding AI directly into how work is done – with a focus on automation, intelligence, and compound learning.
- **Expanding Prompt Fuel 360**: Taking the Answer Engine Optimization product to more clients and refining its measurement framework.
- **M&A integration**: Continuing to unify acquired agencies under one operational and cultural umbrella (“One Orchestra”).

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Positions itself as a place for “changemakers” – people energized by complexity and collaboration across disciplines. Emphasizes curiosity, transparency, and a forward-looking mindset.
- **Work model**: Headquarters in New York with offices across North America and Europe. Likely hybrid in-office presence given client-facing nature. Not remote-only but flexible locations.
- **Engineering/product culture**: Rapidly building a product organization that values standardization, data, and AI. Offers role of “Account Director, Product” and other innovation-focused positions.
- **Perks & environment**: Not detailed explicitly; however, the blog post highlights an “AI-forward” culture where learning and experimentation are encouraged. Large agency network provides exposure to high-profile clients and complex challenges.
- **Growth trajectory**: Despite headcount fluctuations, the company is investing in product, AI, and integrated delivery – a signal of ambition to lead the next generation of communications.

## Sources
1. [orchestraco.com](https://www.orchestraco.com/)
2. [orchestraco.com/careers](https://www.orchestraco.com/careers)
3. [linkedin.com/company/orchestraco](https://www.linkedin.com/company/orchestraco)
4. [orchestraco.com/leadership](https://www.orchestraco.com/leadership)
5. [orchestraco.com/insights/what-it-means-to-be-a-product-driven-communications-firm](https://www.orchestraco.com/insights/what-it-means-to-be-a-product-driven-communications-firm)

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